Wall and ceiling construction



Dec. 26, 1933. B. E. BALDUF WALL AND CEILING CONSTRUCTION INVENTOR BRUNO EBF/LDL/FT BY M f ATTORNEY7 Filed Feb. 23, 1932 atented @ec. 26, 1933 STATES PATENT OFFICE WALL AND CEILING CONSTRUCTION Application February 23, 1932. Serial No. 594,614 4 Claims. (01. 72-16) This invention relates to building constructions and has reference more particularly to building constructions in which panel boards are resiliently attached to supporting studs.

In my Patent No. 1,778,412, I have described a construction for buildings in which light weight building panels are resiliently attached to supporting studs for the purpose of preventing the transmission of sound through partitions, ceilings, and floors. It often happens that it is desirable to use panelling strips or battens over the joints between adjoining building panels in order to allow free expansion and contraction of the panels edgewise under varying temperature conditions and to also improve the decorative eifect inside of a room. Such an effect is especially used where the building panels are covered with a wood veneer, and the panelling strips are also of wood.

An object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a resilient building construction in which building panels are resiliently connected to their supporting studs and the joints between adjoining panels are covered with panelling strips or battens; also, to improve building constructions .in other respects hereinafter specified and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of my improved wall construction with parts broken away to disclose the construction,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through the construction on line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is transverse sectional view through the construction taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the resilient spring clips for supporting the panel boards, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through a modified form of construction.

The panel type of construction described in the present application is applicable to either wooden studs 10, or steel studs .11 which may be in the form of channel strips having a web portion and flanges 12 along each edge thereof. In the construction where plaster, fiber or wall boards 13 are to be resiliently attached to the wooden studs 10, spring clips 14 are employed in which one end of each clip is formed into a flange 15 and a flange 16 is doubled back upon the flange 15, a laterally extending flange 17 being provided for the end of flange 16. The flanges 15 and 16 are provided with a perforation to receive a nail 18 which is driven into the studs 10.

The spring clip 14 is provided with a flange 19 which extends parallel to the boards or panels 13 and is securely attached, as by spot-welding, 0 to a transversely extending base plate 20. The plate 20 is provided at each end with an inwardly bent flange 21 which is folded down flush into contact with the plate 20. The flanges 21 are bent upwardly at an angle to a perpendicular through the plane of the panels 13, so as to form a pair of spaced, tapering flanges 23, between which is tightly wedged a wedge-shaped, wooden nailing strip 24. The flanges 23 are then bent outwardly to form flanges 25 which extend parallel to the flanges 21 and are spaced apart therefrom. The outer edges of the flanges 25 are bent outwardly away from the panels 13 to form arcuate tips or ends 26, these tips serving to allow the panel boards 13 to have their edges 7 freely inserted between the flanges 25 and 21 The panels 13 may be composed of wood fiber, plaster or wall boards containing a cementitious core material which is usually composed largely of gypsum. The core is usually covered with heavy paper cover sheets 27, and a thin layer of wood veneer 28 may be adhesively attached to one of these cover sheets for the purpose of securing pleasing, decorative effects.

In order to cover the joints between adjoining panels 13, and to also cover the clip flanges 25, a channel-shaped batten or panel strip 29 may be formed with inwardly extending integral flanges 30 which bear upon the face of the layer of veneering 28. A nail 31 is then driven through the strip 29 into the nailing strip 24 to securely attach the panel strip to the wall. It will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 2 that the flanges 30 form a space for the reception of the curved flanges 26. It should be understood that the panel-holding clips may be rather short in length or they may be of substantially continuous length extending the full length of the panels 13. The panels 13 may be of considerable width so that one or more studs 33 extend between the clip-supporting studs 10. It is preferable to have some connection between the center of the panel boards 13 and the intermediate studs 33 so as to support the center of the panels 13. For this purpose, intermediate spring clips 34 are provided which have stud engaging parts similar to the spring clip 14. However, a flange 35 on one end of the spring clip 34 extends parallel to the panel 13 and is secured, as by spot-welding, to a plate 36 which may be easily attached to the inner-face of the panel 13 through the use of cement, glue or the like.

When steel studs 11 are used, a spring clip 38 is employed (Fig. 5) and one end of this clip is provided with flanges 39, 40 and 41 which enclose one of the *hannel flanges 12 so as to attach the clip 38 to said channel studs. The spring clip 38 may be readily attached to the panel studs during erection by a simple angular movement of said clip. The remaining parts of the clip 38 for attachment to the building p nels 13 are preferably constructed identical with the construction shown in Fig. 2 for the sake of uniformity, although it should be understood that the nailing strip 24 can be omitted and the flanges 23 brought into abutting relation by lengthening the flanges 21. However, in this type of clip, the flanges 23a are preferably made somewhat wider than the flanges 23 so that flanges 42 bent inwardly from the edges of a metallic batten strip 43, may be inserted under the flanges 25, between the latter flanges and the layer of veneering 28 on the panel board 13. The metallic batten strip 43 may be covered with a layer of veneer 45, if desired, so that the surface appearance of the batten strip matches the appearance of the layer of veneer 28 on the panel board 13. The improved construction can be used on ceilings as well as walls.

I would state in conclusion that, while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself precisely to these details, since manifestly, the same may be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:-

1. In a building construction, a clip having opposed channels for the reception of adjoining edges of panels, a nailing strip associated with said clip and extending between the edges of said panels, a batten strip extending along the edges of said panels and secured to said nailing strip, a stud, and a spring clip securing said channel clips to said stud.

2. In a building construction, a plurality of studs in spaced, parallel relation, said studs being arranged with faces in a. plane, a plurality of panels extending in a spaced parallel plane from the plane of the studs, resilient means for connecting said panels to the studs, and batten strips extending over the joints between the edges of adjoining panels.

3. In a building construction, a plurality of studs arranged with one surface thereof in a plane, intermediate studs between said first mentioned studs, panels resiliently connected to said first studs, and resilient connectors between said intermediate studs and adhesively attached to the inner face of said panels.

4. In a building construction, a plurality of panels arranged in a plane, a plurality of studs positioned adjacent said panels, resilient con- BRUNO E. BALDUF. 

